Physaria lata |
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Lincoln County bladderpod |
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Habit | Perennials; caudex simple, (not thickened); densely pubescent, trichomes (short-stalked), several-rayed, rays distinct, furcate or bifurcate, (tuberculate, much less so over center, often nearly smooth on lower layer). |
Stems | simple from base, spreading or erect, (unbranched), ca. 1 dm. |
Basal leaves | (petiole long, slender); blade elliptic to obovate, 3–4 cm, (base narrowing to petiole), margins entire. |
Cauline leaves | (shortly petiolate); blade elliptic to obovate, 1–2 cm, margins entire. |
Racemes | dense. |
Flowers | sepals narrowly elliptic or oblong, ca. 4.5 mm, (median pair thickened apically, cucullate); petals narrowly spatulate, 7–8 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | (sigmoid), 5–8 mm. |
Fruits | (erect, substipitate), globose, ellipsoid, or obovoid, not or slightly compressed, 3–4 mm; valves sparsely pubescent, sometimes few trichomes inside; ovules 10–12 per ovary; style 3–5 mm. |
Seeds | flattened. |
Physaria lata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Limestone soils and rocky places, pinyon-juniper-oak woodland and montane coniferous forest |
Elevation | 2100-2900 m (6900-9500 ft) |
Distribution |
NM |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Additional research is needed to determine whether Physaria lata is a variant of P. pinetorum, with which it sometimes grows. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 648. |
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Synonyms | Lesquerella lata |
Name authority | (Wooton & Standley) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002) |
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